Stephen Kenny faces a difficult task to qualify for the Under-21 European championships with Ireland after being drawn with Italy and Sweden in Group One.

Iceland, Armenia and Luxembourg are also in the group awaiting the Tallaght man with the fixtures to be finalised and announced later today.

The nine group winners will qualify for the finals in 2021 along with the winners of play-offs between the runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their respective groups.